School for the Talented and Gifted

**The Dallas ISD District Science and Engineering Fair was held Saturday, January 28 at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Congratulations to:
 Gwen Edgar (1st Place-Plant Sciences category AND "Best of the Best"-secondary) for her "Sustainable Farming" project

Bhagyashri (Ruby) Pandey (1st Place-Behavioral Science)


**The following TAG students placed at the District Championship Swim Meet last Friday, January 27, and qualified for the Regional Swim competition as members of the Bryan Adams or Woodrow Wilson's swim team. Congrats to:
Abigain Cartwright
Michael Kipp
Patrick Moore
Seth Nelson
Joey Wikelski

**Rising seniors, Sofia Weir and Emma Fullinwider, traveled to El Salvador after receiving a grant from the Omprakash Foundation. They provided training and materials to elementary school children. Click on their names to see their profiles and read about their experiences.

**Rising junior, Sheridan Taylor, organized the Girl Power Conference to empower and encourage middle school girls to pursue their dreams. Her event is featured in Advocate Magazine. See the article here.

**TAG is ranked as the top public high school in the country by NEWSWEEK in 2006, 2007,  (#2 in 2008), 2009, 2010 NEWSWEEK Site

**US NEWS & WORLD REPORT has ranked TAG #5 among 100 Gold Medal Schools in the magazine's recent list of best high schools in the nation. TAG is also ranked third among all magnet schools in the nation.
US NEWS & WORLD REPORT Page

**Congratulations to Glen Martin, TAG Computer Science teacher (2007) and Dr. Rebecca Jensen, TAG Physics/Statistics teacher (2008) for their selection as a Texas Instruments Foundation STEM Academy Fellows. TI Foundation Award

**Donivon Fletcher (Class of 2008) is profiled in this DALLAS MORNING NEWS piece about his selection as a Bezos Aspen Scholar and his experience at the Aspen Ideas Festival in the summer of 2007.
Fletcher Article

**Donivon Fletcher (Class of 2008) was named a Bezos Aspen Scholar (only 12 high school juniors from across the country are selected) and attended The Aspen Ideas Festival in the summer of 2007. The program is funded by the Bezos Family Foundation. Bezos Scholars Page

**Anne Simons (Class of 2007) is featured in this DALLAS MORNING NEWS piece about her accomplishments as the Texas State AP Female Scholar. Anne is currently attending Brown University. Simons Artlcle

**Congratulations to Glen Martin (Computer Science) for being named the Siemens Foundation AP Teacher Award Winner for Texas (2006). You can read a description of the award, then click on "2006 Siemens Awards for AP Winners" to see the list. Siemens Foundation Site

**TAG has once again been ranked as the best public school in the area by D MAGAZINE (We were #1 in 2001 and 2003.) The article appears in the April 2006 edition available in the magazine's online archives.
D MAGAZINE Site

 
NEWS AND NOTES

**Our literary magazine, Inklings, has gone digital! See the latest edition HERE.

**Take a look at the VIDEO produced by the TAG PTSA in cooperation with TAG faculty and students. Special thanks to Kevin Mote at Liquid Video for his expertise and generosity!

**You can also check out a SLIDESHOW of our recruiting presentation to see some of the things that make TAG a great place to be.